scholarly journals Análisis de la Política de TransporteyAccesibilidad Universalen Ecuador = Analysis of the Transport Policy and Universal Accessibility in Ecuador

2020 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Chacón Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Universal Accessibility ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
Disability Law ◽  
Effective Compliance

ResumenLas políticas de transporte y accesibilidad universal en Ecuador han evolucionado desde el reconocimiento de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en la Ley Orgánica de Discapacidades, de 2012. Desde esa fecha, los planes, programas y proyectos en el transporte han incentivado a la generación de una movilidad accesible universalmente. Sin embargo, las personas con discapacidad aún no pueden movilizarse de manera autónoma, cómoda y segura. Este estudio se basa en reconocer los principales problemas que perpetúan esta vulneración de derechos e identificar los ámbitos de inclusión, accesibilidad universal y movilidad urbana terrestre que garantizan el cumplimiento efectivo en relación con los instrumentos legales nacionales e internacionales, especialmente con la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. El resultado muestra que los esfuerzos realizados aún no son suficientes y se necesita una homologación de la perspectiva de accesibilidad universal en la política pública de transporte ecuatoriana.AbstractTransportation and universal accessibility policies in Ecuador have evolved since the recognition of the rights of people with disabilities in the Organic Disability Law of 2012. Since that date, transportation plans, programs and projects have encouraged the generation of universally accessible mobility. However, people with disabilities are still unable to mobilize autonomously, comfortably and safely. This study is based on recognizing the main problems that perpetuate this violation of rights and identifying the areas of inclusion, universal accessibility and urban land mobility that follow effective compliance in relation to national and international legal instruments, especially the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The result shows that the efforts made are still not enough and a homologation of the universal accessibility perspective is needed in Ecuadorian public transport policy.

scholarly journals De la inclusión a la convivencia: las narrativas de niños y niñas en diálogo con políticas públicas en discapacidad

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3Sup) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Garzón-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
El Sistema

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p><strong>Antecedentes. </strong></p><p>Los estudios sobre discapacidad históricamente han contado con diferentes racionalidades epistemológicas, que a su vez, han permeado discursos y prácticas sociales sobre las realidades de las personas con discapacidad y sobre la forma y contenido como un Estado enuncia sus políticas públicas. Categorías como opresión, exclusión y marginación han sido constantes en la representación que hacen las sociedades de la discapacidad, así como en la emergencia de modelos teóricos que intentan interpretar su complejidad como un asunto de impacto económico, político, cultural y social. El papel de las narrativas se convierte en un recurso de análisis para contribuir a la comprensión de la situación.</p><p><strong>Objetivo. </strong></p><p>Describir narrativas de niños y niñas en relación con la situación de discapacidad.</p><p><strong>Material y métodos. </strong></p><p>A partir de un taller pedagógico, se exploraron percepciones de niños y niñas en cuatro instituciones educativas en la ciudad de Bogotá, D.C. a través del análisis de contenido del discurso.</p><p><strong>Resultados. </strong></p><p>La implicación de los niños y niñas, en relación con las realidades de las personas con discapacidad, fue una constante: la racionalidad de sus narrativas refleja las posibilidades de contar con formas de vida en común.</p><p><strong>Conclusión. </strong></p><p>El sistema de valores y las subjetividades se convierten en movilizadores en las formas como un Estado representa igualdad y realización humana. Las narrativas empleadas en concertación y orientación de políticas públicas ocultan contenidos de discriminación y generan sesgos que afectan la calidad de vida de las personas con discapacidad, sus familias y la sociedad misma.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave: </strong>Narrativas personales; Niños; Personas con discapacidad; Política pública (DeCS).</p><p><strong>Summary</strong></p><p><strong>Background. </strong>Historically, Disability studies have had different epistemological rationalities which have permeated speeches and social practices about the realities of persons with disabilities and about the form and content in which a State enunciates its public policies. Categories such as oppression, exclusion, and marginalization have been a constant in the representation that societies make about disability, as well as the emergence of theoretical models that attempt to interpret its complexity as a matter of economic, political, cultural and social impact. The role of narratives becomes a resource of analysis to contribute to the understanding of the situation.</p><p><strong>Objective. To </strong>Describe narratives of children with respect to disability situations.</p><p><strong>Material and methods.</strong></p><p>From a pedagogical workshop, perceptions of children were explored in four educational institutions in Bogotá city through the analysis of the speech content. </p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>The involvement of children in relation to the realities of people with disabilities was a constant; the rationality of their narratives reflects the possibilities of considering life styles in common.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>Values system and subjectivities become a dynamic role in the ways in which a State portrays equality and human accomplishment. Narratives used in the establishment and guidance of public polices hide contents of discrimination and create biases that affect the quality of life of disabled people, their families and society itself.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Personal narratives; Childhood; People with disabilities; Public policy (MeSH).</p>

scholarly journals Disability Inclusive Public Transport in a City in Perú

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Karin Ponce Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The City

Aims: In Latin America and the Caribbean, a large percentage of the urban and interurban transport service remains inaccessible for citizens with a disability. In Peru, citizens with complex disabilities have been made invisible in the public transport service. The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the management of inclusive urban public transport and the accessibility of persons with disabilities in the city of Trujillo, 2020, and how public management impacts on this group of citizens. Methodology: A questionnaire was used based on the dimensions of each variable. The variables were: Inclusive urban public transport management composed of 5 dimensions (equipment and services, adapted vehicles, preferential rate, regulatory compliance, state of the roads) and accessibility of people with disabilities, composed of 5 dimensions (physical environment, attitudinal , social activities, mobility, comfort). Spearman's rank correlation was used. Results: The results allowed identifying that the management of inclusive urban public transport in the city of Trujillo has a predominantly deficient level, and the accessibility of people with disabilities is mainly poor. Conclusion: A direct and significant relationship was evidenced between the management of inclusive urban public transport and its dimensions (equipment and services, adapted vehicles, preferential rates, regulatory compliance, state of the roads) with the accessibility of people with disabilities in the city of Trujillo.

scholarly journals A PESSOA COM DEFICIÊNCIA NA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA DO PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE ACESSO AO ENSINO TÉCNICO E EMPREGO (PRONATEC/VIVER SEM LIMITE)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Emerson Tyrone Mattje ◽  
Everton Rodrigo Santos
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
The Public ◽  
Politica Publica

O objetivo central deste artigo é analisar a política pública (Pronatec/Viver sem Limite) instituída pelo governo federal, especificamente, em relação aos municípios de Canoas, Estância Velha, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre e São Leopoldo, no período de 17/11/2011 a 31/12/2015, que tem como finalidade a qualificação profissional das pessoas com deficiência, por meio das ações de educação profissional e tecnológica desenvolvidas no âmbito do Pronatec, observadas as condições de acessibilidade e participação plena. Nesse sentido, pretende-se demonstrar a hipótese de que, muito embora a deficiência possa se apresentar na modalidade física, visual, mental, auditiva e intelectual, a maioria das pessoas com deficiência matriculadas no Pronatec/Viver sem Limite apresentam deficiência física, em virtude da maior e mais fácil adaptabilidade da empresa a este tipo de deficiência do que do deficiente à empresa. Este argumento estando correto, subverte, se não limita, a concepção inicial desta política pública. A metodologia utilizada é qualitativa, ou seja, constituiu-se na análise documental da legislação pertinente ao tema, bem como, na análise da política pública do Pronatec/Viver sem Limite, instituído por meio da Lei nº 12.513/2011 e regulamentado pelo Decreto nº 7.612/2011 (BRASIL, 2011). Utilizamos, também, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os destinatários das políticas públicas, ou seja, as noventa e duas pessoas com deficiência matriculadas nos cursos de qualificação profissional do Pronatec/Viver sem Limite, nos municípios de Canoas, Estância Velha, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre e São Leopoldo, no período de 17/11/2011 a 31/12/2015.Palavras-chave: Pessoa com deficiência. Política pública. Inclusão social.ABSTRACTThe main objective of this article is to analyze the public policy (Pronatec / Living without Limit) established by the federal government specifically, in relation to the municipalities of Canoas, Estância Velha, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre and São Leopoldo, in the period from 11/17/2011 to 12/31/2015, whose purpose is the professional qualification of people with disabilities, through the professional and technological education actions developed within Pronatec, observing the conditions of accessibility and full participation. In this sense, it is intended to demonstrate the hypothesis that although the deficiency may present in the physical, visual, mental, auditory and intellectual modality, most people with disabilities enrolled in Pronatec / Living without Limit are physically handicapped due to the company’s greater and easier adaptability to this type of disability than to the disabled person. This argument being correct, subverts, if not limited, the initial conception of this public policy. The methodology used is qualitative, that is, it consisted of documentary analysis of legislation relevant to the topic, as well as, in the analysis of the public policy of Pronatec / Living without Limit, established through Law 12,513 / 2011 and regulated by Decree 7,612 / 2011 (BRAZIL, 2011). We also used semi-structured interviews with public policy recipients, that is, the ninety-two persons with disabilities enrolled in the Pronatec / Living without Limit professional qualification courses in the municipalities of Canoas, Estância Velha, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre and São Leopoldo, in the period from 11/17/2011 to 12/31/2015.Keywords: Disabled person. Public policy. Social inclusion.

scholarly journals Derechos de las personas con discapacidad hacia la inclusión sociolaboral. Visión Ecuador y Venezuela

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Rosa Angélica Romero Chico ◽  
◽  
Dante Pino Pascucci Stelluto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Family ◽  
Disability Law ◽  
The Individual

The revision of the Constitutions of the Republics of Ecuador and Venezuela, the Organic Law on Disabilities in Ecuador in force as of September 25, 2012 and the Law for Persons with Disabilities in Venezuela in force as of January 5, 2007, are developed based on a comparative analysis of the rights of persons with disabilities. The objective of this research is to analyze what is the formal legal treatment that promotes public policies on people with disabilities, in order to protect, include, and develop a shared responsibility between the individual, the family, the work, society and the State. The methods used are deductive and comparative; the technique is legal hermeneutics, to interpret the texts. The opportunity is identified for improvement in the determination of the degrees of disability, the controlled implementation of public policies and that these policies are based on updated data. Keywords: inclusion, disability law, law, public policy.

scholarly journals Compliance to Compassion: A pedagogy using emotional engagement and other techniques for teaching accessible design to architecture students.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Singh
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The People ◽  
Universal Accessibility ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Simulation Exercises

Universal Accessible Design in some form is included in the curriculum of all Architecture colleges. This subject is of importance not only from the point of view of compliance, but also for actually providing for the interaction of the Persons with Disabilities with the built environment. A special elective course was framed for architecture students on this subject called ‘Universally Accessible Design’ in an architecture college. The focus of the elective was to create a shift in the minds of the students by emotionally charged pedagogical exercises. The basis of these exercises was the premise that students will make a conscious effort to include Universal Accessibility interventions into the design if they meet and are sensitised towards the experiences of the Persons with disabilities. Along with this, students were made to undergo simulation exercises by themselves using wheelchairs and walking sticks. This was accompanied by case studies and lectures by a disability practitioner. At the end, students were asked to provide a feedback in the form of an anonymous and optional survey. All students agreed to the importance of such special electives for learning Universally Accessible Design. 87.5% stated that the elective has sensitised them towards the people with Disabilities.

scholarly journals Inclusive planning: African policy inventory and South African mobility case study on the exclusion of persons with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne J. W. A. Vanderschuren ◽  
Obiora A. Nnene
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal design (UD) principles call for inclusive planning. Within the transportation field, this includes the development or improvement of facilities that accommodate people with disabilities. Between 10% and 20% of the African population is affected by disabilities. A lack of understanding of the needs of people with disabilities leads to isolation. Within the transportation field, isolation manifests itself as a reduction in trip-making. Methods This paper investigates the availability of transport policies and guidelines in 29 different African countries, focusing on the inclusion of persons with disabilities. A desktop study was conducted creating heat maps for 29 African countries, followed by the analysis of secondary data in the case study area, South Africa, demonstrating that the lack of adequate policies, guidelines, and appropriate implementation leads to a lack of accessibility, opportunities, and social isolation, measured through trip frequencies. Results The data analysed revealed that many African countries omit, or only superficially include, people with disabilities in their transport policy framework. Ghana has the most inclusive People with Disabilities Act, while South Africa is most inclusive regarding their planning and design of transport facilities and services. In South Africa, 4.5% of the population did not travel at all in the 7 days before the interview, as disability or age prevented them from doing so, or due to a lack of appropriate travel services. When comparing the trip rates per week, people with disabilities travel significantly less, between 27.2% and 65.8%, than their abled counterparts. Conclusions The study reveals that people with disability live less integrated, more isolated lives due to the lack of acknowledgement in the transport policy framework and accommodation in infrastructure and services. The results underpin the need for disability-inclusive planning in the African context and provide recommendations for actions that mitigate the isolation challenges faced by people with disabilities. Municipalities play a crucial role in improving the quality of life for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals The debate about wheelchair spaces on buses goes ‘round and round’: access to public transport for people with disabilities as a human right

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Abigail Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Public Statement ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Missed Opportunity

This article examines the cases bought by Paulley concerning access to buses for wheelchair users when the wheelchair space is occupied by a buggy. It argues that the conclusion by the Supreme Court was unsatisfactory and a missed opportunity for a public statement about the rights of people with disabilities. It argues that reasonable adjustment is a problematic concept and fails to address the competing needs of social groups in terms of accessibility. This is compounded by traditional distinctions between disability and impairment and a failure to consider disability access in the context of human rights despite the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Support for the Americans With Disabilities Act Among Nondisabled People

2021 ◽  
pp. 104420732110231
Author(s):  
Carli Friedman ◽  
Laura VanPuymbrouck
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
A Priori ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Limited Participation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opened the doors to access and enhanced the civil rights of people with disabilities. However, a lack of accessibility to all segments of society continues throughout the United States and is frequently described by people with disabilities as a leading cause for limited participation. Beliefs and attitudes regarding disability can affect critical decisions regarding inclusion and people with disabilities’ civil rights. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore support and opposition to the ADA among nondisabled people. We had the following research questions: (a) What is the relationship between disability prejudice and support for the ADA? and (b) When controlling for disability prejudice, what other factors lead people to support the ADA? To do so, we examined secondary data from approximately 13,000 participants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings from this study revealed that people who oppose the ADA are significantly more prejudiced toward people with disabilities than people who support the ADA. Understanding and becoming aware of attitudes and prejudice toward persons with disabilities can be a first step toward dispelling such beliefs and possibly a priori step to achieving the intent and spirit of the ADA.

scholarly journals TARGET MODAL SPLIT MODEL

Transport ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Basarić ◽  
Jadranka Jović
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Statistical Results

The research presented in this paper is aimed at defining a model that enables the management of the relationship between private vehicles and public transport applying the available instruments of city transport policy such as parking policy and public transport policy measures. Statistical data used for modelling is sourced from the database in a wide range of EU cities. The target model was developed in the form of stepwise regression analysis. Very favourable statistical results were obtained, and the subsequent tests on the city of Novi Sad (250000 inhabitants) led to the conclusion that the obtained results were suitable for implementation in practice. The results of the implemented procedure are of great importance for the enhancement of the existing transport policies in cities, as they enable the development of strategies for finding combinations of instruments that would bring the transport system and urban environment into a desired-viable rather than consequential condition.

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